▪ I. † unˈmeetly, a. Obs. rare.
[un-1 7. Cf. OE. unmǽtl{iacu}c, OHG. (MHG.) unmâzlich.]
1. = unmeet a. 1 b.
| a 1400–50 Alexander 321 A mouthe as a mastis hunde, vnmetely to shaw. |
2. = unmeet a. 4.
| 1534 More Treat. Passion Wks. 1316/1 Peter..thought it in hys mynde vnmetely that hys lorde and mayster shoulde weshe his feete. |
▪ II. unˈmeetly, adv.
[un-1 11. Cf. prec., and ON. {uacu}mátaliga, OHG. unmâzlîche (MHG. unmæ̂zlîche).]
† 1. Immoderately, excessively. Obs.—1
| a 1300 Cursor M. 27763 O suernes cums care to strang And þat vnmetele lastand lang. |
2. Unfitly, unbecomingly.
| 1596 Spenser F.Q. vi. vi. 16 A faire Mayden..Vpon a mangy iade vnmeetely set. 1611 Cotgr., Induëment,..vnmeetly, vnfitly. 1826 Scott Woodst. xxviii, A benevolent smile..accorded not unmeetly with his glistening eyes. 1864 Neale Seatonian Poems 108 Tell, nor unrashly nor unmeetly, how God came from Teman. |